1998–99 QMJHL season

The 1998–99 QMJHL season was the 30th season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). The league continued its trend of teams relocating into the Atlantic Canada market, when Laval moved to Bathurst, New Brunswick. Fifteen teams played seventy games each in the schedule. The Quebec Remparts repeated as first overall in the regular season winning their second consecutive Jean Rougeau Trophy. The Acadie-Bathurst Titan won the President's Cup, defeating the Hull Olympiques in the finals.

Team changes

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Final standings

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Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against

Dilio Division GP W L T Pts GF GA
Quebec Remparts 70 51 13 6 108 316 207
Halifax Mooseheads 70 46 20 4 96 298 206
Acadie–Bathurst Titan 70 42 25 3 87 315 255
Moncton Wildcats 70 38 25 7 81 257 235
Rimouski Océanic 70 30 32 8 68 270 263
Cape Breton Screaming Eagles 70 22 44 4 48 226 272
Baie-Comeau Drakkar 70 18 44 8 44 208 297
Chicoutimi Saguenéens 70 20 48 2 42 200 344
Lebel Division GP W L T Pts GF GA
Shawinigan Cataractes 70 44 22 4 92 275 212
Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 70 36 23 11 83 314 261
Victoriaville Tigres 70 34 30 6 74 275 253
Sherbrooke Castors 70 31 34 5 67 268 272
Val-d'Or Foreurs 70 30 35 5 65 312 319
Hull Olympiques 70 23 38 9 55 276 298
Drummondville Voltigeurs 70 18 48 4 40 233 349

Scoring leaders

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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Mike Ribeiro Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 69 67 100 167 137
James Desmarais Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 66 62 73 135 127
Jérôme Tremblay Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 69 38 94 132 36
Brad Richards Rimouski Océanic 59 39 92 131 55
Ladislav Nagy Halifax Mooseheads 63 71 55 126 148
Simon Gagné Quebec Remparts 61 50 70 120 42
Benoît Dusablon Val-d'Or Foreurs 67 42 74 116 63
Patrick Grandmaître Victoriaville Tigres 70 37 78 115 139
Mathieu Benoît Chicoutimi / Acadie-Bathurst 68 62 47 109 34
Eric Chouinard Quebec Remparts 62 50 59 109 56

Playoffs

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Mathieu Benoît was the leading scorer of the playoffs with 41 points (20 goals, 21 assists).

Division Quarterfinals Division Semifinals Division Finals President's Cup Final
            
D1 Quebec 4
D4 Rimouski 3
D4 Moncton 0
D5 Rimouski 4
D1 Quebec 2
Dillo Division
D3 Acadie-Bathurst 4
D2 Halifax 1
D3 Acadie Bathurst 4
D3 Acadie-Bathurst 4
D6 Cape Breton 1
D3 Acadie-Bathurst 4
L6 Hull 3
L2 Rouyn-Noranda 4
L4 Sherbrooke 3
L4 Sherbrooke 4
L5 Val-d'Or 2
L2 Rouyn-Noranda 0
L6 Hull 4
L1 Shawinigan 2
L6 Hull 4
L3 Victoriaville 2
L6 Hull 4

All-star teams

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First team
Second team
  • Goaltender – Maxime Ouellet, Quebec Remparts
  • Left defence – Simon Tremblay, Quebec Remparts
  • Right defence – Dmitri Tolkunov, Quebec Remparts
  • Left winger – David Thibeault, Victoriaville Tigres
  • Centreman – Simon Gagné, Quebec Remparts
  • Right winger – Mathieu Benoît, Chicoutimi Saguenéens / Acadie-Bathurst Titan
  • Coach – Denis Francoeur, Shawinigan Cataractes
Rookie team

Trophies and awards

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Team
Player
Executive

See also

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References

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